Hastings Public Schools Foundation—The Fall Update

Extending the Horizon of Opportunity
Hastings Public Schools Foundation—The Fall Update
Memorials Serve as Lasting Legacies
Headlining our Newsletter Update this fall are donations coming
through memorials. The Hastings Public Schools Foundation is
always ready to accommodate requests made by individuals as
to uses for these memorials and special gifts. The Foundation is
pleased to suggest appropriate uses for these gifts.
These gifts ultimately make a difference in children’s lives. They
fill gaps, establish and/or improve programs, and generally go a
long way toward enhancing the learning environment for children
and youths in the Hastings Public Schools. Education is all about
preserving our heritage and our values and providing students with
the skills they need to be productive citizens. Thus, these gifts, in
serving the needs of future generations, enhance the future for all
of us and become a lasting legacy for those remembered.
The Foundation encourages families to establish gifts to the
Foundation as memorials to loved ones. In addition, please
consider gifts to the Foundation in your will and estate planning.
Ask your legal advisor about ways to provide a lasting legacy by
enhancing the education of children for generations to come.
Individual Skills Development Program
to Receive Funding
In memory of their daughter Annie, Bill and Monti Starkey have
awarded $2,000 to the Individual Skills Development Program
(ISDP) (formerly called the Life Skills Class) in the Hastings
Public Schools. Annie was a proud participant in this program.
ISDP provides specific instruction and skills training for students with unique developmental and educational needs. The
Annie Starkey Memorial Fund has enabled the purchase of software and applications that allow non-verbal children and youth
to speak utilizing picture symbols, text to speech, and literacy
programs that assist children to communicate. Annie was an
exceptional young lady, and her legacy will live on in the
communication interactions of other special children.
Bill and Monti Starkey have also established the Annie Starkey
Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $500 to be awarded each
year to a graduating student who now has or has had a special
needs sibling. The Starkeys are aware that siblings in those
families with a special needs child grow up in a different set of
circumstances than what is considered normal in a family. In
particular, siblings of a special needs child have a different set of
responsibilities.
Update
2015
~Maintaining a Tradition of Excellence
~Expanding Educational Opportunity
HPS Band Program
Receives Memorial Gift
Bill and Terri Rundle have chosen to give memorial funds totaling
over $6,100 to the Hastings Public Schools Foundation in memory
of their son Billy and his grandmother Pat Lampman. Considering
Billy’s involvement in the band program while attending Hastings
High School and the family’s interest in this program, the Rundles
have directed that the memorial money be used by the HPS Band
Program.
The memorial fund will be used to repair instruments, purchase
new equipment for the drumline and provide music for concert
band and the pep band. District Music Coordinator Rick
Matticks and Band Director Erin Beave met with the Rundles to
explain specifically how the funds would be spent.
Billy Rundle died on August 17, 2000, along with his friend
Traci Kenley. They were found in a vehicle submerged in a
feedlot drainage pond near Glenvil nearly two years later. After
the recent death of Billy’s grandmother Pat Lampman, the family
decided to honor both Billy Rundle and his grandmother by
giving their memorial funds to the band program. Billy, a dedicated
Hastings High School band player, played trumpet in orchestra,
symphonic band and marching band. In doing so, he continued a
long tradition in the family of participating in and supporting the
band. It is the hope of the HPS Foundation that this gift will serve
as a lasting tribute to Billy and his grandmother.
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Used Band and Orchestra Instruments
Still Needed
The Hastings Public Schools continues to be in need
of new and/or used band and orchestra instruments in
good condition. When you donate an instrument
that is no longer in use, you provide an opportunity for
a youngster and you also receive a tax deduction for
the estimated value of the instrument.
Do you have an instrument that could
be donated? Contact the Hastings
Public Schools Foundation!
Alcott student Ronan O’Connell
is learning to play a trumpet.
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Schools Foundation is Extending the Horizon of
Opportunity for students in the Hastings Public Schools!
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Staff Idea Grants Maintain Value !. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The HPS Foundation is always interested in the outcomes of Staff Idea Grants as time goes by. In
this article, guest writer Denise Koch (teacher at Lincoln Elementary School) reports on the Staff Idea
Grant she and her colleague Mindy Breckner received for the 2013-2014 school year.
Staff Idea Grant Has Lastings Effects in Classrooms
As a result of a Staff Idea Grant awarded in the spring of 2013, my
colleague Mindy Breckner and I attended a three-day conference
in Santa Fe, New Mexico titled A Framework for Understanding
Poverty, featuring the work of Ruby Payne.
One of the biggest issues with students dealing with poverty is
the fact that many children in poverty must function as their own
parents. When the parent voice is used with a student who is
already a parent in many ways, the outcome is anger. To survive in
poverty, one must rely on nonverbal, sensory, and reactive skills.
To survive in school or at work, one must use verbal, abstract,
and proactive skills. The role of the educator is not to save the
individual, but rather to offer a support system, role models, and
opportunities to learn, which will increase the likelihood of the
child’s ultimate success.
During the conference we were asked:
• How would YOU define poverty?
• Who is affected by it?
• How do you think a person can get out of it?
• How do you think poverty affects education?
The working definition of poverty is the extent to which an individual does without resources (not just financial). Emotional
resources are the most important of all resources because, when
present, they allow the individual not to return to old habit patterns.
Having mental resources means simply being able to process
information and use it in daily living. Spiritual resources are a
powerful resource because the individual does not see him/herself
as hopeless and useless, but rather as capable and having worth
and value. Physical resources allow a person to be self-sufficient.
Many individuals in poverty have a very limited support system.
Missing is procedural self-talk—the voice that takes an individual
through a task. The ability to leave poverty is more dependent
upon other resources than it is upon financial resources.
Understanding these notions affecting students in our classrooms
who are indeed living in poverty has been quite beneficial to
building relationships with students and their parents. Living in
poverty is a real situation for many of our HPS students and
gaining this information has been invaluable. −Denise Koch
Sharing Staff Idea Grants
Hastings High School Media Coordinator Faye Friesen will be
presenting “Flipped Classroom Using Swivl” at the local
Integrating Technology in Instruction Conference October 19,
2015 hosted by ESU9. Faye received the Swivl machine and an
iPod through the Hastings Public Schools Foundation Idea Grant
for the 2015-2016 school year.
There are two kinds of poverty: generational poverty and
situational poverty. Generational poverty is defined as being in
poverty for two generations or longer. Situational poverty extends
a shorter time and is caused by death, illness, divorce, or other
incapacitating circumstances. In generational poverty, the mother
is always at the center of the organization (though she may have
multiple sexual relationships), and the family radiates from that
center. The primary role of a real man is to work hard physically,
be a fighter and a lover.
The criteria that the HPS Foundation Board of Directors Staff Idea
Grant Committee considers in granting Staff Idea Grants include
whether the proposal is innovative and whether it can be
duplicated so that more classrooms can benefit. Faye Friesen’s
Staff Idea Grant proposal included a request for a 32 gig iPod (used
as a video camera) and a SWIVL robotic platform, which acts as a
cameraman, which will follow a teacher during classroom demonstrations or lectures. Demonstrations and lectures can be uploaded
to the teacher’s internet web pages so that students who are absent
from class or who want to review can access the lectures and
demonstrations from their school-provided laptops. The technology
is available to all teachers at Hastings High School. Faye will now
share this idea with other schools in the area.
Everyone is affected by poverty, both adults and children. Educating
the parents, especially the mothers, will help break the poverty
cycle. The educational level of mothers is the most important
influence on the educational success of their children.
18 Students Will Travel to Costa Rica
Hastings Public Schools Foundation Newsletter
Update 2015
Published by the
Hastings Public Schools Foundation
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Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .Cornhusker Press
Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hastings Public Schools Foundation
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Eighteen Spanish students at Hastings Senior High School will
travel to Costa Rica in February of 2016. Spanish teachers, Jean
Davis and Linda Shaw, have requested $200 per student for
travel expenses from the Foreign Language Fund managed by
the Foundation. An anonymous donor established the Foreign
Language Travel Fund several years ago with the stipulation that
it be used until depleted. Over 250 foreign language students have
received support for travel because of this donation.
. . .“Every student should learn something new every day” −Mary Duffy
The HASEP Task Force met on July 15, 2015 with the goal of learning more about differentiation of instruction. Mary
Duffy from the State Department of Education was asked to share her expertise with the group. Mary has been the
state director for high ability learning for the past fourteen years. She is also a veteran educator with teaching
experience (14 years in the Millard Public Schools and additional years of school administrative experience.)
High Achievement Student Enrichment Program (HASEP) Taskforce Meets
In every classroom in the District,
teachers have the goal of helping
students reach their full potential.
However, there are two major
needs: 1) teachers need training
in how to reach every student
regardless of where each student is
in the learning process and regardless of how many students overall
are in individual classrooms; and
2) teachers need extra classroom
Dr. Mary Duffy, State Department resources to help encourage
of Education
ultimate high achievement. The
Hastings Public Schools Foundation is working diligently to
create the resources necessary to address both of these issues. As
an early step in this process, the Foundation sponsored a retreat in
mid July in order for the HASEP Task Force to learn more about
how to initiate a program to enrich learning experiences for
students.
with pre-assessments, which inform teachers of where students
are in the learning process and whether they are meeting (or have
met) expected standards. Once teachers are aware of where
students are in the learning process, they can modify instruction
to fit individual needs—in other words, they can begin a process
of differentiating instruction.
Differentiation of instruction, however, is not curriculum—rather,
it involves how teachers handle differences in students’ abilities
and potential to achieve. Differentiation is difficult to accomplish
when teachers have twenty or more students in a particular classroom with a wide range of abilities.
Mary approached this dilemma by providing an overview of a
risk-free environment where students receive whole class instruction
and small group instruction and also work at stations and in
cooperative groups. Within these organizational approaches, she
explained how differentiation can occur. She spent additional
time discussing the use of mentoring for special projects which
can make a difference for some students. She also emphasized
the effectiveness of mentoring through supplemental school clubs,
community service groups, internships, etc. The Foundation has
high expectations that
our partnership with
Hastings College will
be a strong resource in
the area of mentoring.
As a reader of the HPS Foundation Newsletter, you are likely well
informed about the HASEP project. Many of you have contributed
to this program. What
follows is a review of our
mission and an update on
our progress.
The District works under
step-by-step curriculum
Mary
emphasizes
guidelines that address
that teaching is not
the needs of students who
a marathon experido not know the material
ence. Differentiation
found in the curriculum. Left to right: Superintendent Craig Kautz, State Department of Education presenter Mary Duffy, Long- should begin with
HPS has had tremendous fellow teacher Charla Brant, Principal Lawrence Tunks, Principal David Essink, Curriculum Coordina- small steps. Because
success in addressing tor Chad Dumas, Hastings College Dean of Students Gary Johnson, Hawthorne teacher Kim Remmers, teachers are dealing
these needs, but what do Parent Representative Emily Johnson and High School teacher Jessica Packard.
with many children
we do with students who already know and are able to do the work in classrooms and have multiple responsibilities, Mary offered
and understand the material found in the curriculum so that they examples of low-preparation and high-preparation modifications.
can move forward?
In the coming months, the HASEP Task Force will undertake
initiatives to provide staff development directed towards both
To answer this question, the HASEP Task Force met on July 15th classroom organization and instructional preparations designed to
in order to build a shared understanding of what can be under- incorporate differentiation.
taken District-wide and to set goals for the coming school year.
Mary Duffy from the State Department of Education shared her The HASEP Retreat offered the Task Force a general picture of
expertise with the group during the retreat. She began with this how differentiated instruction should work in classrooms across
caveat: “Teachers will never be successful with differentiation the curriculum. The Task Force will be creating a plan for staff
until they learn to manage their classrooms in ways that make development and a schedule for initiating differentiation. Kim
differentiation possible.”
Remmers and Jessica Packard will attend a national convention in
Phoenix in November to acquire more information. In the meanMary emphasized that teachers must work within the established time, Alcott Elementary School is running a pilot program during
curriculum, which involves meeting standards. Teachers begin the 2015-2016 school year to initiate a mentoring program.
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Honoring and Supporting Achievement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jayson Stoddard, a 7th grade science teacher at Hastings Middle School, has been named a 2016 Award
of Excellence Recipient by the Nebraska State Department of Education. This qualifies Mr. Stoddard as
a finalist for the Nebraska Teacher of the Year Award. Jayson was named Hastings Educator of the Year
during the Pathways II event sponsored by the Foundation on March 19, 2015.
Hastings Teacher is Recipient of State Award of Excellence
It’s a Friday morning in early October. “Eyes up! Here’s the
deal—raise your hands if you like reading in front of the class.”
Three hands go up and the reading begins. Jayson Stoddard is
concerned about the comfort level of his students this morning in
his 7th grade science class at Hastings Middle School.
Note-taking continues. The class winds down with a review of
what they have discovered.
When class meets again on Monday, students now anticipate
becoming scientists themselves just like Leeuwenhoek (except
that they will use even better microscopes). They will bring in
their own pond scum, make wet-mount slides, and view this
fascinating unseen world.
“Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Should this be a place
to be comfortable practicing (reading)? Everybody has the
opportunity to read. We all need to be comfortable.” Now most
of the students are volunteering and each volunteer is assigned Mr. Stoddard, in a single class period, has worked on student skills
a paragraph. The reading goes
and self-confidence (taking notes and read“What is one of the coolest things ing aloud) and met his objectives for the day,
quickly. Discussion follows each
paragraph. Mr. Stoddard helps about my world?” Mr. Stoddard asks which are printed on the white board in the
students take notes on information the class. The answer: “Showing classroom: 1) demonstrate understanding of
about Cell Theory. Mr. Stoddard
you the unseen world. Our view of the organization of life, 2) learn how to make
seldom stops moving−he lectures,
a wet-mount slide, and 3) discuss the history
he stops to make eye contact with the world changes when we see ALL of scientists who discovered and described
individual students, he asks a the life in this world.”
single-celled life.
student directly in front of him to
repeat an important piece of information to reinforce the concept The bell rings ending the class period, and as students leave Mr.
for the class, and then he steps to the white board to write down a Stoddard asks if they want to take home some vegetable plant
new concept.
starters from the Community Garden he has established at
Hastings Middle School with the help of the HPS Foundation,
Eventually, the class moves to a lab table where Mr. Stoddard businesses in the community, members of the community, and
explains how to use a microscope to see single-celled animals. of course, Middle School students. When the bell again rings,
“You have to bring in your own pond scum. You don’t want to a new set of students wait in anticipation of class time with Mr.
go through this process without seeing your own pond scum.” Stoddard.
Students lean in to catch every word and watch intently as he
demonstrates using a microscope and preparing a wet-mount slide.
HPS Foundation Readers, you’ve just had a peek
into the classroom of a master teacher!
Next comes a history lesson. They learn that in 1665 Robert
Hooke was the first to see single cells with a crude microscope.
Mr. Stoddard has been with the District for 12 years. He instigated
the development of the Middle School Community Garden and continues
They orally repeat the information twice in unison and also write
to lead this innovative programming. He also coordinates the Men’s
it down; they learn that Hooke named his observations cells which
Club, a program that mentors and guides young men at the Hastings Middle
in Latin means small rooms. The class talks about cells as small
School.
rooms. They learn about Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch
Jayson received a B.A. in Biology from Hastings College in 2001, a M.A.T.
scientist who in 1673 advanced the study of Cell Theory when he
in Secondary Biology from Hastings College in 2003, and a M.A.Ed.
looked at single cells in pond scum, blood, tooth tartar, bacteria,
in Educational Leadership/Administration degree from Doane College in
and yeast. They’ve also learned to pronounce correctly Anton van
2008.
Leeuwenhoek’s name. The class moves on to other related topics.
Mr. Stoddard demonstrates how to correctly use a microscope and then proceeds to make a wet-mount slide of a drop of pond scum. 7th grade students lean in to catch
every detail of the demonstration.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And Recognizing our Many Supportive Donors
Pathways II Event
Recognizes Major Donors
The Pathways event is well on its way
to becoming a tradition in the Hastings
community. For the second year, the Hastings
Public Schools Foundation has used this event
as a means of honoring donors, students and
teachers. This year the Pathways II event was
held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Lochland Country Club.
Right: Susan Hoff talks with Jane Bauer and Marje
Little; below, left to right: guests Tom and Cathy
Cafferty; Table Hosts, Jim Boeve, President of the Hastings Public Schools Board of Education, and his wife
Traci with guests Jonathan Hemmer (recipient of the
2014 Haas Technology Scholarship) and Steve Hemmer; Foundation Board Member Dale Hamburger and
wife Deb; Colleen and Chris Schukei, Co-Masters of
Cememony (Chris is a Foundation Board Member);
bottom row: Brent Gollner honors retiring HPS
Foundation Board Members Larry Rader, Jon Bohlke
and Robert Finnigsmier for their substantial and
multi-year commitment to the Foundation; Joel Jank
directs the Middle School String Quartet which performed during the evening; and Jon Bohlke awards the
Kelly Buck Memorial Scholarship to Nicole Dillin.
The event provided a format to give special recognition for distinguished achievements in the
District. Donors who supported the Manufacturing
Pathways Initiative received special recognition for
their role in upgrading the Industrial Technology
Lab at Hastings High School. Twenty teachers,
nominated for the 2015 Hastings Educator of
the Year were announced. Jason Stoddard was
announced as the 2015 Hastings Educator of
the Year; Staff Idea Grants were awarded to15
teachers; the Johnson Family, Kelly Buck
Memorial, and Ardyce Bohlke $4,000 scholarship winners were
recognized; and one of the newly established Haas Technology Scholarships was awarded.
The Foundation is grateful to the many host couples who sponsored
the event and for services provided by various businesses in the
community. Special thanks to Cornhusker Press and A Perfect
Gift for donations of time and materials. The Foundation extends
appreciation to the Events Committee, consisting of HPS Foundation
board members and dedicated community representatives who
planned, promoted and implemented the Pathways II event. Their
time, effort, and personal resources are much appreciated.
Plans for Pathways III are already underway. The event will be
held on March 31st of 2016.
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Acknowledging our Distinguished Alumni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Hastings Public Schools Foundation is pleased to feature Dr. Craig Harms in the Alumni Spotlight.
Graduated from Hastings High School in 1975, Dr. Harms has distinguished himself on a national level in
the field of sports medicine. Craig is presently vice-president of the American College of Sports Medicine, a
world-wide organization with a global membership of 60,000 individuals.
Alumni Spotlight Focuses on Dr. Craig Harms, Class of 1975
For the Fall HPS Foundation After graduation, he worked in Colorado as a park ranger/naturalist
Update, the Alumni Spotlight at the Greenway Foundation just outside of Denver for two years
focuses on Craig Harms, Class and then worked for Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics south of Hastings for
of 1975. In 2014, Professor seven years. During this time he married and had two children. In
Harms became head of the 1988, “with a very supportive wife,” he decided to obtain a graduate
Department of Kinesiology in degree in Exercise Physiology.
the College of Human Ecology “I always had an interest in science and was also interested
at Kansas State University. In in health and how the body functioned. I was also doing a lot
May of 2015, Craig began a of training and competing in triathlons, running, and cycling
term as vice president of the competitions,” Craig comments. He received a graduate teaching
American College of Sports assistantship at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and “at
Medicine.
ACSM is the the age of 31, my wife and I took a leap of faith and relocated to
largest sports medicine and Ft. Collins, Colorado, with our two kids, ages 5 and 2, and our
exercise science organization dog.” Fortunately my wife Susie already had a career as a physical
in the world. The organization has 60,000 members worldwide therapist that allowed her to support the family.” Craig adds that
and represents basic scientists, physicians, educators and other “I found my passion and I wanted to pursue a doctorate after my
health care providers. Craig has been a member of the organiza- masters degree and pursue a career in higher education.”
tion for over 25 years and became a fellow in 1999. He recently Craig received his PhD degree in Exercise Physiology at
served on the board of trustees and as associate editor-in-chief of Indiana University and then accepted a post-doctoral fellowship in
the organization’s journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Cardiopulmonary Physiology at the Medical School at the University
Exercise.
of Wisconsin. “I was fortunate to get this fellowship at what was
Dr. Harms’ research and professional interests involve considered to be one of the top labs in cardiopulmonary physiology
human stress physiology, cardiopulmonary responses, in- in the world.”
teractions, and limitations to exercise and the environment; factors While obtaining these advanced degrees, the family was,
affecting oxygen transport during exercise and physical training; of course, moving from school to school and maintaining a nonphysiological sex differences; and pediatric exercise physiology, traditional life style, but Craig tried hard to stay involved with his
inactivity physiology, and aging. He has been the recipient of many children’s activities, homework, and events. He even coached
prestigious local and national awards in his field.
many of their athletic teams and served as a scout leader. “My
Craig’s Hastings Public Schools roots are strong. Craig homework usually came after they (the children) were in bed.”
and his brothers, Steve and Doug, were all graduated from the After three years at Wisconsin, he began his academic
Hastings Public Schools. They are the sons of Les and Shirley career at Kansas State University in 1997. “We knew that it was
Harms of Hastings. Les and Shirley
the best place to raise a family and start
are now both retired. Les Harms Professor Harms changed careers my academic career. Plus, we both
was a long time guidance counselor midstream. “I always had an interest enjoyed the Midwest and were fortunate
at Hastings Junior High and then at
Kansas State happened to be fairly
in science and was also interested in that
Hastings Senior High School. Shirley
close to our families.” Professor Harms
was a registered nurse and director health and how the body functioned. knows that he is “fortunate to be in an outof Home Health at Mary Lanning . . . I found my passion . . .”
standing department, currently listed as
Hospital. Craig’s wife of 33 years
one of the best Kinesiology programs in
is from West Point, Nebraska. They have three children, one the nation.” Professor Harms has, no doubt, contributed much to
grandchild and another on the way.
that reputation.
In high school, Craig participated in basketball and was Craig and Susie have three children who have obviously
a Madrigal in the Music Department. He regularly attends class followed in their parents’ footsteps to some degree. The oldest,
reunions and celebrated his 40-year class reunion this past sum- Annie McLeod is a physical therapist in Kansas City with degrees
mer in Hastings. Professor Harms remembers the Hastings Public from KU. (Annie and her husband Greg have one son, Isaac, 17
Schools “having very dedicated teachers who provided a strong months, and are expecting a daughter in February of 2016.) Drew
foundation for college and beyond.”
is marketing director for Rally Sport and Fitness in Boulder,
Remarkably, Professor Harms changed careers midstream. Colorado and also teaches at Metropolitan State University in
His undergraduate degree was in biology at Nebraska Wesleyan Denver. He is a KU graduate and has a masters degree from
University in Lincoln with a focus on environmental biology Colorado State University. Their youngest, Jackson, is a senior at
rather than physiology (which is his present concentration). Manhattan High and plans to attend Kansas State University.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thank You for Becoming a Member of the HPS Foundation
Memberships are essential to the ongoing work of the Hastings Public Schools Foundation.
If you are
not a member, we invite you to join. If you are now a member, you will receive a letter from the HPS
Foundation encouraging you to renew your membership on a yearly basis.
A Message from the Chair of the Board of Directors:
Hastings Public Schools Foundation has many goals: With the support of donations and
grants, the HPS Foundation strives to provide classroom enrichment by providing resources
that are beyond what the District may be able to offer. Staff Idea Grants support teacher
excellence by giving teachers the ability to pursue creative methods that engage and inspire our
students. Through staff development, the Foundation supports both individuals and groups in
the effort to improve subject area knowledge and teaching skills. The scholarship program has
grown significantly over the last three years. Students can apply for a multitude of scholarships
to support their post-secondary educations. Matching funds from Hastings College, Central
Community College, and the Kinman-Oldfield Trust add significant support to the scholarship
program.
Our message remains constant through the years: we strive to make a difference in the lives
of children within the District. Thank you for your support and consideration.
—Rich Portwood, Chair
Hastings Public Schools Foundation
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